Saturday, 14 July 2012

There's a Goose Loose Aboot the Hoose

The Gosling are big now ....

... bigger than their Mum, Mother Goose the Hyline hen.

She's a good Mum, gradually loosing the apron strings now and letting them play all over Chicken World together. But any sign of danger, any dog or cat that gets too close and makes them chirp louder than their normal constant chunnering and she's right back by their sides.

The only problem we have at the moment, is that she expects them to be able to roost now and tries to lead them into the henhouse each night, they of course, with their webbed feet, cannot roost and sleep sitting on the ground of the broody house. It's frustrating being a Mum sometimes!!

A little film of life in Chicken World at the moment.

The banging you can hear in the background of the film is Lovely Hubby making this, a lovely new residence for our growing offspring. Goose Mansion, shortly to be installed in Chicken World, complete with a roosting bar for Mother Goose!!

Chicken World looks like a spa retreat for birds! I wouldn't mind a weekend there myself to laze in the grit bath, cool off in some fresh water, a leisurely stroll round the landscaped grounds, good food and plenty of rest!

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This is my Blog, just me writing about our day to day life on a hillside in North Wales. Along with our dogs, Suky and Mavis, our cat Ginger .... who secretly thinks he's one of the canine gang ... and a roving band of egg laying chickens that live cheek by jowl with the local wildlife.

We grow our own fruit and vegetables, selling surplus plants and edibles at the gate. We sell the eggs the chickens lay, we reuse, recycle and rethink ... and life ticks over at a pace that suits us.

It is simply the wild and wacky ramblings of a 50 something townie turned country girl called Sue, who lost her heart to a sailor and started a new life in the country .... over nine years ago. On a path that took us from Cumbria to Oxfordshire, to Berkshire and then we found our home at the bottom of a wet and windy Welsh hillside by a busy main road.

Pull up a chair, grab a coffee and relax into a world of dogs, cats, chickens, the occasional grass munching sheep ... and some pretty delicious vegan foods ... oh did I mention that I don't actually eat the eggs!!

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